Digestion and Absorption
Previous year questions with solutions · 2000 – 2026
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Year-wise statistics questions · papers · average per paper · weightage Year Questions Papers Avg / paper Weightage 2023 2 1 2 5.41% ↓6.8% 2022 4 2 2 5.80% ↑15.9% 2021 2 1 2 5.00% →0% 2020 2 1 2 5.00% ↓7.5% 2019 2 1 2 5.41% ↓5.4% 2018 2 1 2 5.71% ↓35.2% 2017 3 1 3 8.82% ↑186.8% 2016 2 2 1 3.08% ↓53.8% 2015 4 2 2 6.67% ↓3.3% 2014 2 1 2 6.90% ↑58.6% 2013 3 2 1.5 4.35% ↑23.9% 2012 2 2 1 3.51% ↓45.6% 2011 4 2 2 6.45% ↑3.2% 2010 4 2 2 6.25% ↓34.4% 2009 4 1 4 9.52% ↑76.2% 2008 2 1 2 5.41% ↑51.4% 2007 1 1 1 3.57% ↓71.4% 2005 4 1 4 12.50% ↑87.5% 2004 2 1 2 6.67% ↑3.3% 2003 2 1 2 6.45% ↓6.5% 2002 2 1 2 6.90% ↑120.7% 2001 1 1 1 3.12% ↓42.2% 2000 2 1 2 5.41%
All 58 MCQ 55 Matching 2 Multiple Correct 1
TopicAll Absorption of Digested Products Alimentary Canal Digestion of Food (Mouth, Stomach, Small Intestine) Digestive Glands Disorders of the Digestive System YearAll 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
⚠ 58 of these questions are out of the current syllabus (marked on the question).
1
Which of the following functions is not performed by secretions from salivary glands?
Control bacterial population in mouth Digestion of complex carbohydrates Lubrication of oral cavity Digestion of disaccharides
Out of syllabus NEET (UG) 2022
2
Choose the incorrect enzymatic reaction:
Dipeptides Dipeptidases Amino acids Maltose Maltase Glucose + Fructose Sucrose Sucrase Glucose + Fructose Lactose Lactase Glucose + Galactose
Out of syllabus NEET (UG) 2022 (Phase 2)
3
Succus entericus is referred to as :
Chyme Pancreatic juice Intestinal juice Gastric juice
Out of syllabus NEET (UG) 2021
4
The enzyme enterokinase helps in conversion of
pepsinogen into pepsin protein into polypeptides trypsinogen into trypsin caseinogen into casein
Out of syllabus NEET (UG) 2020
5
Which of the following gastric cells indirectly help in erythropoiesis?
Mucous cells Parietal cells Chief cells Goblet cells
Out of syllabus NEET 2018
6
Which of the following options best represents the enzyme composition of pancreatic juice?
Amylase, Pepsin, Trypsinogen, Maltase Peptidase, Amylase, Pepsin, Rennin Lipase, Amylase, Trypsinogen, Procarboxypeptidase Amylase, Peptidase, Trypsinogen, Rennin
Out of syllabus NEET 2017
7
The enzyme that is not present in succus entericus is
nucleosidase lipase maltase nuclease.
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2015
8
Gastric juice of infants contains
pepsinogen, lipase, rennin amylase, rennin, pepsinogen maltase, pepsinogen, rennin nuclease, pepsinogen
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2015 (Cancelled)
9
The initial step in the digestion of milk in humans is carried out by
lipase trypsin rennin pepsin.
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2014
10
A healthy person eats the following diet – 5 g raw sugar, 4 g albumin, 10 g pure buffalo ghee adulterated with 2 g vegetable ghee (hydrogenated vegetable oil) and 5 g lignin. How many calories he is likely to get?
126 164 112 144
Out of syllabus NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
11
Which enzymes are likely to act on the baked potatoes eaten by a man, starting from the mouth and as it moves down the alimentary canal?
Pancreatic amylase Salivary amylase Lipases Disaccharidase like maltase Lipases Nucleases Salivary amylase Pancreatic amylase Disaccharidases Salivary maltase Carboxy peptidase Trypsinogen
Out of syllabus NEET 2013 (Karnataka)
12
Two friends are eating together on a dining table. One of them suddenly starts coughing while swallowing some food. This coughing would have been due to improper movement of
epiglottis diaphragm neck tongue
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
13
Which one of the following enzymes carries out the initial step in the digestion of milk in humans?
Trypsin Pepsin Rennin Lipase
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2011 (Prelims)
14
If for some reason the parietal cells of the gut epithelium become partially non-functional, what is likely to happen?
The pancreatic enzymes and specially the trypsin and lipase will not work efficiently. The pH of stomach will fall abruptly. Steapsin will be more effective. Proteins will not be adequately hydrolysed by pepsin into proteoses and peptones.
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2010 (Mains)
15
Which one of the following pairs of food components in humans reaches the stomach totally undigested?
Starch and fat Fat and cellulose Starch and cellulose Protein and starch
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2009
16
Which one of the following is the correct matching of the site of action on the given substrate, the enzyme acting upon it and the end product?
Small intestine : Proteins Pepsin amino acids Stomach : Fats Lipase micelles Duodenum : Triglycerides Trypsin monoglycerides Small intestine : Starch -Amylase disaccharide (maltose)
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2008
17
The richest sources of vitamin B12 are
goat's liver and Spirulina chocolate and green gram rice and hen's egg carrot and chicken's breast.
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2004
18
Hydrolytic enzymes which act at low pH are called
proteases -amylases hydrolases peroxidases.
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2002
19
In mammals milk is digested by the action of
rennin amylase intestinal bacteria invertase
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2000
20
A person is eating boiled potato; his food contains the component
cellulose which is digested by cellulase starch which is not digested lactose which is not digested DNA which can be digested by pancreatic DNase
Out of syllabus AIPMT 2000